Message: "Astrophel (m)" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Astrophel (m)

by Stephanie Anne (wefrox)

8/24/2006, 7:35 PM

I would never use it, because IMO it sounds very feminine. However, I do love how it sounds and how it looks. It would probably generate a lot of teasing if it were actually used, though.

What do you think of it?

Jack Tobias / Jack Aubrey & Charlotte Arabella

"You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one."

#Astrophel

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- Ora

8/25/2006, 11:27 AM

I really like this name personally, ever since I read Astrophel and Stella, but would never use it in real life. I actually gave it to a character in one of my stories.

It's definitely masculine to me.

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- DLB

8/25/2006, 4:05 AM

I don't like it at all. It looks like astronomy and apostrophe rolled into one.

"The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything." ~~ Theodore Roosevelt

Loving Theodore and Chloe!

- Adelle (Adelle Sofia)

8/24/2006, 8:14 PM

and Stella!

Hehe. It's charming, but I wouldn't use it.

(Astrophel and Stella is a sonnet sequence, btw)

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

- blue kites (bluekites) +1

8/24/2006, 8:07 PM

Sounds like a waffel...with stars on it?
Sounds like it might as well be Phil.

- Stephanie Anne (wefrox)

8/24/2006, 8:10 PM

True... but I prefer it to Phil, at any rate.

Jack Tobias / Jack Aubrey & Charlotte Arabella "You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one."

- lawruh +1

8/24/2006, 7:58 PM

I've never heard of it before. It reminds me of the word apostrophe for some reason.

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- Steph (stillbreathingxx)

8/26/2006, 9:49 AM

Agreed!

- Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

8/24/2006, 7:40 PM

I dislike it, but it looks kinda cool, deff male IMO.

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